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Microsoft Retail awards open for entries

December 14, 2006

LONDON — Microsoft Corp. announced that the Retail Applications Developer Awards, now in their seventh year, are open for entries for 2007. The awards will reward EMEA independent software vendors and retailer IT departments that can successfully demonstrate innovation and excellence by delivering business value using Microsoft technologies in the retail sector.

There are five award categories: Store Systems Solutions, Communication and Collaboration Solutions, Supply Chain Solutions, Multi-Channel Retailing Solutions and Business Insight Solutions. In addition, a new special award — "People-Ready Business in Retail" — has been added to recognize the solution that best empowers a retailer's most important asset, its people, to develop relationships, ensure operational excellence, build connections and lead innovation.